Franck: Violin Sonata / Mélancolie (arr. for cello)
Composer: César Franck (1822-1890) Editor: Douglas Woodfull-Harris Instrumentation (this edition): Cello, Piano Originally for: Piano, Violin Binding: Paperback ISMN: 9790006559152 Size: 9.6 x 12.2 inches Pages: 62 Urtext / Critical Edition Description Cesar Franck's Violin Sonata is one of the most treasured works in the violin repertoire, a masterpiece of cyclic form with a gracefulness and expressive force almost paradigmatic for the age of musical Romanticism. This work was composed in 1886 and was dedicated to the Belgian violinist and composer Eugène Ysaÿe. Franck's friend, the cellist Jules Desart, was so impressed when he heard the Violin Sonata performed at the Société nationale de musique in Paris that he adapted the work for his instrument. This arrangement was first published in 1887 by inserting the cello part into the piano score of the original edition. for this purpose the piano score had received a new cover and the publisher had expanded the title o